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John Updike Poems | Quotes | Articles

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John Updike Biography...John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic.. American novelist poet short story writer art critic and literary critic

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Quote Left Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better. Quote Right
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Quote Left Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it cost them. Quote Right
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Quote Left America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy. Quote Right
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Quote Left What more fiendish proof of cosmic irresponsibility than a Nature which, having invented sex as a way to mix genes, then permits to arise, amid all its perfumed and hypnotic inducements to mate, a tireless tribe of spirochetes and viruses that torture and kill us for following orders? Quote Right
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Quote Left Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. Quote Right
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